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How popular is “Lula” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lula” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lula” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Lula” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Lula” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Lula” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Lula” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lula” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 621 0.003082131 621 100%
1881 655 0.003399278 655 100%
1882 780 0.00352092 780 100%
1883 790 0.003641459 790 100%
1884 916 0.00376241 916 100%
1885 949 0.003940146 949 100%
1886 1040 0.004073384 1040 100%
1887 891 0.003601572 891 100%
1888 1173 0.003916868 1173 100%
1889 1072 0.003710036 1067 5 99%
1890 1126 0.003735887 1121 5 99%
1891 1010 0.003523178 1010 100%
1892 1098 0.003283748 1098 100%
1893 1039 0.003194731 1034 5 99%
1894 1049 0.003097228 1042 7 99%
1895 987 0.002811806 987 100%
1896 1012 0.002830896 1012 100%
1897 971 0.002798618 971 100%
1898 1080 0.002831264 1069 11 98%
1899 894 0.002635349 894 100%
1900 1237 0.002747314 1237 100%
1901 910 0.002631488 905 5 99%
1902 983 0.002541805 976 7 99%
1903 921 0.002416054 913 8 98%
1904 894 0.002215696 894 100%
1905 963 0.002271644 963 100%
1906 917 0.002140268 911 6 99%
1907 905 0.001944606 905 100%
1908 892 0.001825441 892 100%
1909 922 0.001803515 922 100%
1910 982 0.001662403 975 7 99%
1911 975 0.001513322 970 5 99%
1912 1099 0.001112278 1094 5 99%
1913 1189 0.001045633 1179 10 98%
1914 1345 0.000949628 1345 100%
1915 1546 0.00084369 1537 9 99%
1916 1676 0.000866411 1676 100%
1917 1616 0.000805282 1607 9 99%
1918 1779 0.000819396 1771 8 99%
1919 1776 0.000841608 1776 100%
1920 1774 0.000784039 1765 9 99%
1921 1787 0.000765473 1778 9 99%
1922 1764 0.00077059 1759 5 99%
1923 1678 0.000728779 1673 5 99%
1924 1792 0.000752432 1776 16 98%
1925 1719 0.000736724 1707 12 99%
1926 1579 0.000687746 1564 15 98%
1927 1598 0.000688984 1586 12 98%
1928 1394 0.000616558 1376 18 97%
1929 1340 0.000611269 1333 7 99%
1930 1323 0.000595065 1314 9 99%
1931 1163 0.000552655 1154 9 98%
1932 1237 0.000585897 1229 8 99%
1933 1095 0.000547651 1087 8 99%
1934 1131 0.000544584 1124 7 99%
1935 1094 0.00052347 1086 8 99%
1936 1111 0.000534757 1100 11 98%
1937 1097 0.000514862 1087 10 98%
1938 980 0.000442923 973 7 99%
1939 928 0.000421159 923 5 99%
1940 826 0.000358712 820 6 99%
1941 832 0.000341484 824 8 98%
1942 851 0.000311514 851 100%
1943 788 0.000279179 782 6 98%
1944 719 0.000267278 719 100%
1945 729 0.000274793 722 7 98%
1946 684 0.000214064 679 5 99%
1947 689 0.000191266 689 100%
1948 594 0.000172048 594 100%
1949 656 0.000188247 651 5 98%
1950 528 0.000150713 528 100%
1951 532 0.000144418 532 100%
1952 476 0.000125329 476 100%
1953 405 0.000105095 405 100%
1954 403 0.000101238 403 100%
1955 343 0.000085428 343 100%
1956 329 0.000079796 329 100%
1957 307 0.000073058 307 100%
1958 259 0.000062653 259 100%
1959 237 0.000056999 237 100%
1960 241 0.000058019 241 100%
1961 206 0.000049731 206 100%
1962 168 0.000041632 168 100%
1963 145 0.000036633 145 100%
1964 176 0.000045272 176 100%
1965 110 0.000030341 110 100%
1966 97 0.000027908 97 100%
1967 97 0.000028572 97 100%
1968 68 0.000020128 68 100%
1969 65 0.000018703 65 100%
1970 70 0.000019409 70 100%
1971 59 0.000017189 59 100%
1972 60 0.00001909 60 100%
1973 61 0.00002022 61 100%
1974 63 0.000020724 63 100%
1975 53 0.000017553 53 100%
1976 42 0.000013842 42 100%
1977 34 0.000010704 34 100%
1978 32 0.000010082 32 100%
1979 27 0.000008115 27 100%
1980 30 0.00000871 30 100%
1981 26 0.000007516 26 100%
1982 26 0.000007412 26 100%
1983 21 0.000006064 21 100%
1984 16 0.000004586 16 100%
1985 23 0.000006444 23 100%
1986 18 0.00000506 18 100%
1987 14 0.000003883 14 100%
1988 16 0.00000433 16 100%
1989 20 0.000005202 20 100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 100%
1991 16 0.000004108 16 100%
1992 14 0.000003645 14 100%
1993 14 0.000003713 14 100%
1994 18 0.000004842 18 100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 100%
1997 9 0.000002482 9 100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 100%
1999 13 0.000003519 13 100%
2000 13 0.000003439 13 100%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 100%
2002 15 0.000004013 15 100%
2003 17 0.000004471 17 100%
2004 19 0.000004973 19 100%
2005 35 0.000009103 35 100%
2006 29 0.00000733 29 100%
2007 45 0.000011257 45 100%
2008 51 0.000012975 51 100%
2009 57 0.000014921 57 100%
2010 67 0.000018129 67 100%
2011 69 0.000018864 69 100%
2012 93 0.000025428 93 100%
2013 99 0.000027156 99 100%
2014 87 0.000023473 87 100%
2015 99 0.00002675 99 100%
2016 118 0.000032164 118 100%
2017 118 0.000032996 118 100%
2018 109 0.000031002 109 100%
2019 117 0.000033709 117 100%
2020 117 0.000035024 117 100%
2021 140 0.000041323 140 100%
2022 100 0.000029558 100 100%
2023 110 0.000033221 110 100%
2024 101 0.000030344 101 100%

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